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ThinkGeek Prepares to Install Hearts in All New Robots

The capacity for love opens up new markets for Valentine's Day

FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The mad scientists at ThinkGeek (NASDAQ: GKNT) have successfully managed to install synthetic hearts in robots and give them the ability to love. In return, these new emotionally available robots have expressed an interest in buying gifts for each other on Valentine's Day. Thankfully, the engineers at ThinkGeek created some of those as well.

For creatures not yet able to properly render what it means to stop and visual scan the roses.

Plush Unicorn Bouquet

Teaching them that impaling things is good...is bad. Teaching them that impaling cute plush mythical creatures, however, is perfectly ok with our legal department.

European-Style Charm Bracelet

Even gender-neutral cybernetic wrists need some geek bling.

Portal Companion Cube Gift Box

It's probably best that they learn to love a cube before trying to hug Aunt Margie.

Zombie Valentine's Day Gift Cards

One of the first statements of "love" was actually a robot letting us know that they too were "over the vampire thing".

Chocolate Flavored Envelopes with Note Cards

This is our little joke on them. We have yet to install taste sensors.

Speaking under the condition of anonymity, the ThinkGeek's Undersecretary for the [REDACTED] states, "We thought about creating emotions based around Mother's Day, however we couldn't properly emulate 'guilt' in the test 'bots."

While none of the robots (or their mechanical hearts) are available for sale, you can find all of the gift items that ThinkGeek has created for them. Each would be an appropriate gift for the significant sentient being in your life.

ThinkGeek, a wholly owned subsidiary of Geeknet, Inc. (NASDAQ: GKNT), is the premier retailer for the global geek community. Since 1999, ThinkGeek has sought to provide tech, gadget, and toy-obsessed communities with all the things geeks crave. ThinkGeek was founded to serve the distinct needs and interests of technology professionals and enthusiasts and today has grown to become the first choice for innovative and imaginative products that appeal to the geek in everyone. Want to learn more? Check out thinkgeek.com.